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By now, you’ve probably heard about the benefits of biking. Trading in your SUV for a two-wheeler cuts carbon, saves fuel and money and is generally better for your health. However, for many, this remains unattainable. Where does one park? How does one remain clean? Well, BikeStation is working to change all that. By providing [...]
Today’s business world is changing at a dizzying pace. We’ve recently experienced a financial crisis, huge technology shifts and a multitude of new innovations. The old ways of business no longer apply and this can be a confusing, isolating experience. It is with this problem in mind that Founder and President Robert Craven and Scale [...]
Further the Work bills itself as a full service consultancy providing nonprofit organizations with strategic planning, organizational development, grant writing, fundraising and project management. However, it is so much more. This B Corporation is a bridge builder: from goals to dreams, from community members to organizations and most of all, across sectors. With a focus [...]
An Open Letter to B Corp Marketers: It’s funny how the ways we choose to promote sustainability are often the furthest things from sustainable. Marketing – as a business tool – is not sustainability; yet many of our other business functions are. As a career marketer and environmentalist, I have struggled with this concept. Today’s [...]
It may seem unlikely but with Baypoint Benefits, it is easy to get excited about insurance. With their unique approach to providing complete benefits services, this B Corporation is able to offer no cost, custom plans by basing profit in commissions and operating in a paperless facility. With 24 hour HR consultants and a focus [...]
Southern Energy Management became a Certified B Corporation in late 2009. They’ve now created this wonderful video to explain why it is important and what this means for their company. We love their creativity in spreading the word and are very proud to include them in our community. Visit their site to learn more. Interested [...]
The state of our planet is a dismal one. The issues that we face as a global community are incredible with regard to our natural resources and our planets ability to continue in an environmentally stable fashion. We are at a point in history where it appears that every resource available is in limited and [...]
Free Range Studios lives by the motto, “Creativity with a Conscience”. Rather than focusing on products, this B Corp sells ideas to transform society and create a more just, sustainable planet. Utilizing the full reach of media and powerful storytelling, Free Range promotes the missions of non-profits, political campaigns and socially responsible businesses, or as [...]
You’ve probably heard all the fabulous things you get when you move your technology into “the cloud”…automated back-ups; ability to forgo networks; automated upgrades; lower maintenance; virtual office space, among many others. Idealist Consulting specializes in moving and supporting organizations with “getting into the cloud” and with over 170 clients, we know what it takes [...]
“Better for people, better for planet, better for performance.” This is how Atayne inspires positive environmental and social change through the power of active lifestyles. Making high-performing athletic gear from “trash”, this B Corporation is re-imagining sports. Starting with plastic bottles, coconut and crab shells and recycled garments, Atayne transforms these into performance tops featuring [...]
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